An Italian referendum scheduled for June 12-13 on whether to ease the country's restrictive laws concerning fertility treatment and stem cell research and to redefine the legal language that defines the beginning of life at conception seems...
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Massachusetts lawmakers override Romney veto of stem cell bill
The Massachusetts legislature Tuesday overrode a Friday veto by Gov. Mitt Romney on a bill allowing scientists seeking to do stem cell research in Massachusetts to bypass approval from the local district attorney. The...
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, passed by the US House of Representatives on May, 24 2005 . Read the full text of the bill...
The US House voted 238-194 Tuesday to loosen restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and the legislation now goes to the Senate, where it has strong bi-partisan support. However, President Bush has promised ...
US President George W. Bush Friday threatened to veto any legislation that would ease restrictions on federally funded stem cell research . President Bush remarked that he was "a strong supporter of adult stem cell...
SB 25, Massachusetts House of Representatives, passed March 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Massachusetts House passes veto-proof stem cell research bill
The Massachusetts House of Representatives Thursday passed a stem cell research bill 117-37, such a wide margin that it cannot be vetoed by Republican Governor Mitt Romney. The controversial legislation authorizes reproduction of embryonic stem cells, which Romney had...
The Massachusetts Senate Wednesday approved by an overwhelming margin a bill to loosen restrictions on scientists conducting stem cell research. The measure, which would allow cloning of embryos from which stem cells can be extracted for research,...
In a split 84-34 vote that is being claimed as a symbolic victory for the Bush administration, the UN General Assembly Tuesday urged governments to enact a total ban on human cloning , including the cloning of...
A California public interest group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) , the $3 billion stem cell research funding institution authorized by California voters last November. The suit filed by...
